Zimbabwe gambling dens
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the other way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a bigger desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the majority do not buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the very rich of the society and sightseers. Until recently, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is basically unknown.